Door



Apri 22 1924.

F. W. RADFORD DOOR.

Filed N0v. 19. 1923 Patentecl Apr. 22, 1924.

UNITED STTES FRANK W. RA'DFORD, OF OSHKOSE, WISCONSIN'.

DOOR.

Applicatlon fl1cd November 19, 1823. Serial 11'o. 67I,619.

T0 all whom z't may concern.

Be it known that I, FRANK W. RADFORD, acitizen of the United States, residing at the city of Oshkosh, county of Winnebago, State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvernents in Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in doors.

The invention consists of a door, including stiles and rails, and a panel interposed between and eonnected to the stiles and rails. and mounted upon each side of the panel and suitably spaced from the stiles and rails is a. molding producing a frame or border for the panel.

The invention consists of certain novel features of construetion and combination of parts which will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of the door;

Figure 2 is a detail sectional view in transverse section through a stile, panel and melding;

Figure 3 is a detail view in elevation showing the manner of joining the molding strips at the corners; and

Figure 4 is a similar view of a modified form of corner strip.

The door is formed of the usual stiles 5, 5, and rails 6, 6, which are recessed or grooved on their inner edge faces, as at 7, Figure 2, for the reception of the edges of the panel 8 which is interposed between the stiles and rails.

Superimposed on each side of the panel 8, is a molding, consisting of longitudinal strips of molding 9, 9, and transverse strips 10, 10 suitably spaced, respectively, from the stiles and rails. The ends of the longitndinal strips and transverse strips are joined by means of corner strips 11, 11. The melding strips are fastened to the panel by 'nrads 12 and glne.

The several strips of molding have their outer feces uniformly shaped, and are applied to the panel so that they lie adjacent to the stiles and rails, but in spaced relation thereto, for forming a frame for the panel nd producing an ornamental design forthg 0013 In doors such as illustratecl in the drawings it is preferred that the melding frame on the panel should conform to the configuration of the framing of the door, but it is not the intention to be restricted to the specifie shape or arrangement of the melding as shown.

The corner strips 11, are constructed in angular formation, so that the adjoining ends of the corner strips 11, and longitudi nal ancl transverse strips 9 and 10 may be formed With straight edges and not mitered. It has been found that the mitered joint generall v employed opens up, causin' a space to be formed between the acljoin1ng ends of the molding strips, and to overcome this obiection. the corner strips 11 are provided. B v this construction. the ends ef the longitudinal and transverse melding strips are joined b v the corner strips and to the corner strips bv a straight ioint. instead of joining the ends of the longitudinal and transverse strips b v a miter i0int.

The corner strips prodnce and give a neat rmd finished appearance to the melding frame for the panel and the danger of an open ioint beinq formed at the corners of the melding frame, as is the case with the miter ioint. is entirel v eliminated.

In Fignre 4. the corner strip 11, is shown ronnded. instead of providing a right angslar outer corner, as tlnat illnstrated in the form of corner strip shown in Figures 1 and 8.

Having described m v invention wlnat I claim is:

1. A door, comprisin q panel. a series of melding strips monnted on the panel, and co ner strips interposed between the adiacent ende of the melding strips and having the ends thereof proieeting into the re spective paths of the adioining strips and joined to the ende of said strips.

-2. A door, comprising a panel, a series of molding strips monnted on the panel, and corner strips interposed between the adjacent ends of the molding strips and having the ends thereof projecting into the respective paths of the adioining strips and joined to the ends of said strips, the ende of said strips and corner strips being joined by a. straight joint.

' FRANK W, RADFORD, 

